TWO NEW HERD SIRES
MALOY 0466
MALOY 0466
MALOY 0466
MALOY 0466 is a FEBRUARY 25 2023 TWIN SON OF CR 616, A RON FLETCHER BRED GRANDSON OF HIGHLAND PRIDE 0083. THE GRANDDAM ON THE LOWER SIDE IIS A HIGH ROAD BRED DAUGHTER OF LITTLEDALE B204 0466 HAS PLEASING PATTERN AND MAY ADD SOME DIMENSION TO OUR FLOCK.
SAFFEL
MALOY 0466
MALOY 0466
THIS IS A BIG,THICK AND MASSIVE TWO YEAR OLD RAM BY A MEADOWVIEW BRED SIRE I BOUGHT FROM JOE NEIL AND RESOLD TO STEVE SAFFEL. THAT SHEEP WAS SIRED BY A GOOD FLETCHER BRED RAM BY HIGHLAND BANNER AND OUT OF A HIGH ROAD EWE. THE DAM OF THE PICTURED RAM WAS FROM THE SUCESSFUL BARKLEY FLOCK IN WV WHICH WAS FOUNDED ON OUR SHEEP YEARS AGO.
INTRODUCING
HIGHLAND MONARCH 960
HIGHLAND MONARCH 960
HIGHLAND MONARCH 960
THIS IS AS GOOD A RAM AS WE HAVE RAISED. HIS SIRE WAS HIGH ROAD 414. A SON OF TANK FROM A HIGHLAND PIPER DAM. WE SOLD 414 TO DEE SAMSON IN OREGON AND BOUGHT HIM BACK. ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS PRODUCED THE BREED RECORD SELLING RAM AT $3000 FOR DEE AND EMMETT IN 2023.. MONARCH HAS GREAT DIMENSION,MASS AND GIRTH WITH STYLE AND BREED TYPE. PICTURED AT 8 MONTHS OF AGE, HIS TWIN SISTER IS ON THE RIGHT.
HIGHLAND LASS 959
HIGHLAND MONARCH 960
HIGHLAND MONARCH 960
TWIN SISTER TO HIGHLAND MONARCH 960, BORN MARCH 1, 2023, SHE IS A MODEL NORTH COUNTRY FEMALE IN OUR BOOK. BEAUTIFUL PATTERN WITH FEMININITY AND STYLE. WE REALLY DO NOT KINOW WHAT WE WOULD CHANGE ABOUT HER. SHE WEIGHED 113 lbs ON OCTOBER 1 AT 7 MONTHS OF AGE.
2023 National Sale
Reserve Chamion Ram
Reserve Chamion Ram
I TALKED TO THE BUYER,JOHN KOKELLER FROM OREGON BY PHONE. HE RUNS A LARGE SHEEP OPERATION RUNNING EWES IN A TOTAL FORAGE PROGRAM. HE NEEDS THE KIND THAT THRIVE ON GRASS.
THAT IS WHAT WE BREED.
Reserve Chamion Ram
Reserve Chamion Ram
Reserve Chamion Ram
HIGH ROAD 913 IN THE SHOWRING WITH ROBBIE McNABB AND DAUGHTER BOBBIJO. SOLD TO JOHN KOKELLER EUGENE,OREGON FOR $1300
ROBBIE HAS HANDLED OR SHEEP PRESENTATION SINCE 2010
reserve Champion ewe
OUR RESERVE NATIONAL SALE CHAMPION FEMALE. BROUGHT $850 FROM RON FLETCHER. OUR OLD FRIEND RON HAD SOLD ALL HIS SHEEP, BUT DECIDED THAT HE MISSED THEM ENOUGH THAT HE MIGHT GET A FEW BACK. HE BOUGHT THIIS FINE EWE AND HER TWIN SISTER. WE WERE PLEASED THAT THIS HAPPENED BCAUSE THOSE TWO HAD NEVER BEEN APART IN THEIR LIFE.
IN GOOD COMPANY
OUR NEW BREED ASSOCIATION OFFICERS, NOAH BARKLEY, VICE PRESIDENT ON LFT AND MIKE MALOY, PRESIDENT ON RIGHT PICTURED WITH MACQUEEN AND RON FLETCHER. THANKS TO PRISCILLA MALOY FOR TAKING THE PICTURE.
RON WAS NEWLY INDUCTED INTO THE NCC HALL OF FAME, HAVING BEEN A BREEDER SINCE 1982 AND A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR THE BREED. WE BOUGHT OUR FOUNDATION EWES FROM RON IN 2008 TO FOUND HIGH ROAD SHEEP, AND RON ASSURED US THEIR GENETICS WERE FROM THE WILLIS FLOCK IN MARYLAND, A FLOCK I FOUNDED IN 1966 WITH CANADIAN IMPORTS FOR MCKENNY WILLIS. THAT FLOCK IS NOW OWNED BY SUSAN DAVIES IN MARYLAND, WHO IS A VERY CAPABLE CUSTODIAN AND GOOD FRIEND
the old GUYS
WE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO KNOW RON AND CONNIE SINCE WE FOUNDED HIGH ROAD SHEEP IN 2008. RON AND I HAD BEEN LONGTIME DIRECTORS OF THE BREED ASSOCIATION UNTIL THE RECENT RESTORATION AND
INSTALLATION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
The sheep on the Jim Bowen farm near Hot Springs, Virginia.
LOOKING NORTH ON THE BOWEN FARM Toward Hot Springs
SOME OF OUR NORTH COUNTRY EWES IN 2016
THE RIGHT KIND
NORTH COUNTRY BREED PRICE RECORD HOLDER
HIGH ROAD 0085 $2000
THIS RAM WAS SUPREME OVER ALL BREEDS AT THE WEST VIRGINIA PUREBRED SALE, PETERSBURG, 2012. THE FIRST NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT EVER TO WIN THAT HONOR. A YEARLING, HE TOPPED THE SALE AT $2000, SETTING THE U.S. RECORD FOR THE BREED. HIS FIRST SON WAS RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION RAM IN 2013 FOR SUSAN DAVIES. JULIE TOOK THE PICTURE SO I COULD SHOWBOAT.
THE PURCHASER WAS TERRY WOODS, CRIDERS, VA WHOSE SHEEP OPERATION IS ALL COMMERCIAL, NO PUREBRED EWES. TERRY HAS BEEN A GOOD CUSTOMER OVER THE YEARS.
PICTURED WITH JUDGE BRAD KASLER FRON OHIO, MACQUEEN AND ROBBIE McNABB HOLDING. I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE ROBBIE HANDLE OUR SHOW AND SALE SHEEP. ROBBIE HAILS FROM OUR OLD HOME COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA AND IS A VERY PROFESSIONAL SHEEP SHEARER AND SHOWMAN. I KNEW HIS DAD WELL. BOB SADLY DIED MUCH TOO YOUNG AND WAS A GOOD SHEEP MAN LIKE HIS SON.
This was the youngest ram at the 2011 Virginia Ram Lamb Performance test. He failed to pass the semen test and was thus ineligible to sell in the sale. I thought the ram had better days ahead, and elected to keep him over for a yearling.
His fertility was lacking due to his age, and he subsequently bred extensively. I lent him as a lamb to Steve McHale to breed 5 Chieftain daughters I sold him that fall, and the lambs that resulted made a splash as is mentioned elsewhere in this site. His three soms provide the first picture on our home page
WE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT RAISE SHEEP IN THIS AREA WITHOUT GUARD DOGS OR OTHER PROTECTORS ON DUTY. OUR PRIMARY PREDATORS ARE COYOTES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BEAR, AND SOME SAY BIG CATS LIKE MOUNTAIN LIONS OR PANTHER. THE AUTHORITIES ASSURE US THERE ARE NO BIG CATS, BUT WE KNOW FOLKS WHO HAVE PICTURES OF THEM ON THEIR GAME CAMERAS. THE GUARD DOGS STAY AROUND THE SHEEP 24/7 AND MAY BEON PATROL THROUGH THE NIGHT.
KENNY IS A FOUR YEAR OLD MALE KARAKACHAN (BULGARIAN SHEPHERD DOG). THIS IS A RARE BREED IMPORTED TO VIRGINIA BY DR. PHILIP SPONNENBERG FROM VIRGINIA TECH WHO FEARED THE BREED WAS FACING EXTINCTION IN BULGARIA. KENNY IS BIG AND STILL GROWING. HE WEIGHS AROUND 150 LLBS. HE WAS BORN IN GREENBRIER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA WHICH BORDERS US. WE HAVE NOT LOST A LAMB TO PREDATORS SINCE KENNY TOOK OVER. KENNY WAS NAMED AFTER MY FAVORITE FOOTBALL PLAYER, KENNY STABLER, GREAT HALL OF FAME QUARTERBACK FOR THE OAKLAND RAIDERS IN THE 1970's.
Kenny and nubbin
WHEN IT GETS VERY HOT OR VERY WET OUTSIDE, KENNY HAS A NEST IN THE CORNER OF THE BARN. HE KNOWS HOW TO GET BACK IN THERE, BUT SO DOES NUBBIN, A BOTTLE LAMB. SHE IS A CROSSBRED WHOSE OLD MOTHER HAS LITTLE MILK, SO I CARRIED A BOTTLE TO HER TWICE A DAY AND SHE LOOKS GOOD NOW.
YOU COULD SAY THAT NUBBIN IS RUNNING WITH THE BIG DOGS.
DO YOU FEEL LUCKY, PUNK ? WELL DO YA ?